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IOR/X/3630/9/3-4
- Record Id:
- 041-002753726
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-002238108
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100022870295.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100024174406.0x000002
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/X/3630/9/3-4
- Title:
- ‘Chart of the Red Sea, from Jiddah, to the Straits of Bab-el-Mandeb, Surveyed in the Years 1830, 31, 32 & 33 By Capt.n T. Elvon and Lieu.t H.N. Pinching, and completed in 1833 and 34 by Com.der R. Moresby, Indian Navy. T.G. Carless Lieu.t and Draughts.n I.N. Engraved by J.&C. Walker’
- Scope & Content:
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Imprint:
Published by John Walker, Geographer to the Honourable East India Company.
Distinctive Features:
Relief shown by hachures with some mountain ranges shown pictorially. Depths shown by soundings.
Nautical chart of the Red Sea from Jiddah [Jeddah] to Bab-el-Mandeb Strait compiled from the surveys carried out by the Bombay Marine’s officers.
Includes two coastal profiles in margin and a view from anchorage ‘of the Land and Town of Mocha as a guide to a ship for hauling round the sand banks off the Roads’ with notes on latitude and longitude variations.
Notations concerning the coastal topography and navigation, regions and tribes cover the face of the map.
Shows positions for safe anchorage with shoals and rocks represented by crosses.
- Collection Area:
- Map Collections
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002238107
036-002238108
040-002753218
041-002753726 - Is part of:
- IOR/X : India Office reference collection of maps
IOR/X/1-4999 : Maps described in the 1878 published catalogue
IOR/X/3630 : East India or China Pilot, containing 126 charts chiefly published by James Horsburgh
IOR/X/3630/9/3-4 : ‘Chart of the Red Sea, from Jiddah, to the Straits of Bab-el-Mandeb, Surveyed in the Years 1830, 31, 32 & 33 By Capt.n… - Hierarchy:
- 032-002238107[0001]/036-002238108[0182]/040-002753218[0002]/041-002753726
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/X
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 1 map on 2 sheets
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100022840540.0x000001
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1836
- End Date:
- 1836
- Date Range:
- 1 Aug 1836
- Era:
- CE
- Scale:
- Scale not given
- Scale Designator:
- Horizontal
- Coordinates (Decimal):
- 36.1513,12.3008,44.4464,21.977
- Coordinates (Degree):
- E 36°9’5”-E 44°26’47”/N 21°58’37”-N 12°18’3”
- Orientation:
- North
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Dimensions: 1866 x 1200 mm, on sheets 1008 x 672 mm
- Material Type:
- Maps and Plans
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)